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I'm sorry, readers. I cannot lie. It's not Friday, January 4, at all. It's Saturday, January 5, believe it or not. Barely a week into 2019, and I've already lied to our readers and released Having A Gas a day late. What a start! I hope you can forgive this breach of the trust we've built up over the past three weeks and muster the courage to make it through this roundup of the lighter stories in this week's crypto and blockchain news.
Hey (Hey), You (You), I Don't Like Your Blockchain Girlfriend
Game developer YYMOON Network ended its open beta[1] this week for NEO.Girl[2], a blockchain game set to be released on BlaCat, a NEO-based blockchain gaming platform.
NEO.Girl isn't just any blockchain game, it's a blockchain dating simulator centered around an AI girl named Luna. Players work to earn affection from Luna in the form of "love bubbles," which can be spent on one of the 4,000 limited edition clothing items available for Luna to wear within the game, all of which are treated as "scarce, non-fungible assets that may appreciate in value if the number of users increases."
The game also features a life and death cycle, allowing users to create a boyfriend avatar, procreate with Luna, and have unique gene codes passed down to the next generation, which are then stored on the blockchain.
Now, I've played my fair share of dating sims. I dated a few pigeons in Hatoful Boyfriend[3]. I found true love with a
